MetaFilter posts tagged with pork

Pork and the mean streets of K-town

dnesan — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:09:11 -0800

Don't you want to watch a critically acclaimed chef get drunk and shout about the wonders of ham? (video is NSFW, due to cursing) David Chang, chef/owner of the Momofuku family of restaurants in New York, has garnered a lot of praise and awards for his food, including two Michelin stars and multiple James Beard awards. His personality, characterized by an apparent lack of care for the judgement of other people and refreshing honesty, has gained him notable celebrity, especially for a chef that doesn't star on The Food Network. He's been profiled recently by NPR on All Things Considered and Weekend Edition, telling stories from his new book. In the past, he's been covered by The New Yorker, the New York Times, and New York Magazine. He's also appeared on Charlie Rose. It's hard not to love a man who thinks and talks this openly about himself and his craft, or one who sits down with Anthony Bourdain to call bullshit on various things. And seriously, this looks delicious.

The unholy love child of pulled pork and pate.

1f2frfbf — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 08:44:40 -0800

Want to have a small bacon pick-me-up in the office or away from home? The food blog, Homesick Texan, presents the traditional recipe for Bacon Jam.

Extremely Highbrow Baconmania

mkb — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:11:11 -0800

"Cochon 555 is a culinary event featuring 5 chefs, 5 pigs, and 5 winemakers in a friendly competition for a cause. Each chef will prepare a 70 pound heritage pig from head to toe for 200 enthusiasts." (flash site) The Cochon 555 series has 10 events scheduled of which 5 remain, culminating in the double-sized Grand Cochon. Fair warning: the photo gallery on the site isn't safe for those who don't want to see piggy parts. Foodista has a better photo set focusing exclusively on the end products.

The Other White Heat

Eater — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 06:48:58 -0800

Theodore Gray, author of the new book Theo Gray's Mad Science, has a personal collection of thousands of samples of elements [previously on MetaFilter]. In his Popular Science column, he has smelted his own titanium and dissolved aluminum. Now, he cuts through steel with bacon.

My Valentine's date this year? Bacon Man!

Unicorn on the cob — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 20:53:33 -0800

I know you all love bacon. So if you're single, looking for a date, and want him to be edible... I present to you, bacon man. Step-by-step photos from NetDiva, his awesome creatrix.

Sus Domesticus and Fabaceae (Sequelae)

WCityMike — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:31:55 -0800

Pork and Beans II, now with twice the meme-fun. (This makes sense, as some blog entries about the original video mentioned that the Potter Pals were meant to appear but got waylaid in shipping.)

Ramen Girl. No really. No joke! Seriously!!

gen — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:38:08 -0800

Kaiju Shakedown points us to the trailer of Ramen Girl, starring Brittany Murphy as a American who decides to learn how to make the perfect bowl of ramen noodles (what?!?!) after she is dumped by her boyfriend in Tokyo. Tampopo this isn't. Hat tip to Ivan Ramen, who is the real deal foreigner who has a succesful ramen joint in Tokyo. See Chowhound, Food and Wine - Tokyo, Day 2: Japanese Éclairs, Perfect Ramen, Sake Fix, Soba Heaven, or the WSJ: Trying to Out-Noodle the Japanese for more info.

It's not the economy, stupid.

scodger — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:11:17 -0800

"You know, we spent $3 million to study the DNA of bears in Montana. I don't know if that was a criminal issue or a paternal issue..." (previously) The infamous bear study bought up by McCain in the first debate is one of his favourite pork barrel examples, but little actual information is given about the study. Here is the website giving details about the project, with more info, a quick fact sheet and a podcast. This is one of the rare times when a candidate will air an opinion on science in a popular setting.... However, several websites have been trying to get into the details of the candidates policies on science and technology. The science debate (previously) looks dead in the water, but they did manage to get the candidates to answer 14 questions by email. Nature, a leading scientific journal, has a special section comparing the candidates scientific credentials and a section of questions that were answered by Obama but not responded to by McCain. Key quote from Obama "I believe in evolution, and I support the strong consensus of the scientific community that evolution is scientifically validated." A more popular version is "geek the vote" from popular mechanics. McCain has gained praise for promising to introduce a science advisor, but with 71 Nobel prize winners endorsing Obama and his science plan, it is clear where the consensus lies.

Sustainability

homunculus — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:46:13 -0800

Our Decrepit Food Factories. Michael Pollan on what sustainability is really about. [Via Gristmill.]

Swine Before Pearls

digaman — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 09:48:55 -0800

On ham, with a fascinating (well, unless you're kosher) history of colonial curing methods.

Pork Flies (Sort Of)

Skeptic — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 10:50:14 -0800

So You Think The V-22 Is Ridiculous? [previously] Let me present you its dumb brother, the DuPont Aerospace DP-2. (No relation to the chemical conglomerate). Although successively panned in reviews by the US Navy in 1986, and DARPA in 1990, and shifted to the Office of Naval Research when DARPA uncharacteristically refused in 1997 to spend its allocated funds, the DP-2's protracted development has kept receiving Congressional earmarks for over twenty years, supported by Representatives Duncan Hunter (R.-Calif.) and Dana Rohrabacher (R.-Calif.), as well as former Representative Christopher Cox (you guessed it...R.-Calif.), nowadays Chairman of the Securities Exchange Commission. Hunter, in particular, has steadfastedly defended the contraption, despite some slight design flaws, like that of incinerating soldiers. His support, however, may have less to do with the alleged ability of the concept than with the equally steadfast campaign funding he has received from DuPont. This month, however, the efforts of DuPont, Hunter, Cox and Rohrabacher have finally been rewarded with a first successful (tethered) hover. It may however be too late.

Needs more...pork.

vellocet — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 10:57:24 -0800

Salad? mmhmm. If you're not one for the ever-generic chicken caesar, well, there are alternatives. (in keeping with recent baconposts, of course.)

Breasts:2 Pigs:1

flarbuse — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 14:47:44 -0800

Government vs. Blogger A woman who has a breastfeeding blog tries to raise some money for the Mothers' Milk Bank of Ohio by selling a t-shirt containing a slogan that the National Pork Board finds to be an infringement of their trademark . Chaos ensues.

General Chao's Pork

jonson — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 22:13:38 -0800

2000 pigs sacrifice to the deity General Chao of Wudeh temple.

The Online Pork Rind Resource

chrismear — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 15:59:51 -0800

The Online Pork Rind Resource. Once a genuine online store, porkrind.com is now your premier source for pork rind in sculpture, music, poetry... and porn (NSFW). Don't miss the reviews! And the tour of Texas! And the insanity!

Pork's Dirty Secret

Burhanistan — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 22:02:00 -0800

Pork's Dirty Secret is a Rolling Stone expose on Smithfield Foods, the world's top pork processor. via

bleat bleat

thirteenkiller — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 14:12:44 -0800

The vision: a federally funded 5-acre enclosed rainforest, supposedly the world's largest, will make Coralville, Iowa into a world-class destination city and ignite the imagination of its heretofore benighted citizens. The problem: a federally funded rainforest. In Iowa. Read some entertaining background and analysis on the inspiring project here and here.

Pork! Pork! Pork!

ZenMasterThis — Fri, 23 Dec 2005 05:47:52 -0800

Merry Christmas, Taxpayers. The latest chapter in the "Alaskan bridges to nowhere" saga.

Money Flowed to Questionable Projects

Steve_at_Linnwood — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 07:14:23 -0800

Louisiana Leads in Army Corps Spending, but Millions Had Nothing to Do With Floods
In Katrina's wake, Louisiana politicians and other critics have complained about paltry funding for the Army Corps in general and Louisiana projects in particular. But over the five years of President Bush's administration, Louisiana has received far more money for Corps civil works projects than any other state, about $1.9 billion; California was a distant second with less than $1.4 billion, even though its population is more than seven times as large.

[H]undreds of millions of dollars have gone to unrelated water projects demanded by the state's congressional delegation and approved by the Corps, often after economic analyses that turned out to be inaccurate. Despite a series of independent investigations criticizing Army Corps construction projects as wasteful pork-barrel spending, Louisiana's representatives have kept bringing home the bacon.

Mmmm Bacon

Secret Life of Gravy — Mon, 21 Feb 2005 19:32:09 -0800

BaconWhores: Because the only thing better than bacon is someone to cook it for you.

Hog Heaven

MattD — Tue, 19 Oct 2004 05:21:19 -0800

Pork Farmers in Hog Heaven! Atkins and skyrocketing beef prices result in pork producers "experiencing demand far in excess of anything [they]'ve seen historically." Pork prices are very high on the spot and futures market but still a value relative to meat. Perhaps this will increase the demand for tasty Berkshire hog pork, the kind that pre-dates the breeding which produced the "other white meat."

Pork. The other white meat.

PWA_BadBoy — Wed, 07 Apr 2004 00:24:31 -0800

The PETA sinks to a new low. This time drawing parallels between the gruesome Pickton murders and the the slaughter of pigs for meat. Many of the human remains of Pickton's victims are still being found at the Pickton pig farm. They were drugged and dragged across the room... Their struggles and cries went unanswered... They were slaughtered and their heads sawed off... Their body parts were refrigerated... Their bones were discarded.

OBEY THE FLOATING PIG, CHILDREN!

XQUZYPHYR — Mon, 05 Jan 2004 07:51:32 -0800

Pork 4 Kids! The National Pork Board brings all you children a fun trip through the world of pork! Yay!

Mr Brain's 4 pork faggots in a rich

bitdamaged — Fri, 18 Jul 2003 12:32:28 -0800

mmm! Mr Brain's faggots!. Ever tried one of Mr Brain's faggots? You can read a review of "Mr. Brain and his faggots" or check out the Doodys the official faggot family or even become a faggot fanatic yourself!

Finnish pigs!

Mo Nickels — Tue, 25 Feb 2003 19:38:22 -0800

The life of a pig, from conception to Christmas ham. A frank and charming slide show of the life of pig Onni, backed by horns, narrated in melodius Finnish, and subtitled in English. Be warned: it uses Flash, and ends in death.